Book 9: The Rebellious Apostle Chapter 025 Contempt
Before dealing with the Water Angel, Emiya asked the Dragon Maid to wait for him. The Dragon Maid would never disobey her master, so she was still waiting for him there.
When he heard Hephaestus mention the dragon maid, Emiya simply waved.
When the dragon maid saw this scene, she suddenly jumped from the tallest building in Tokyo City No. 3, and turned into a giant dragon in mid-air, flying into the sky.
Ten seconds later, the giant dragon crossed a distance of several thousand meters, and the moment it fell from the sky, it changed from a dragon form to a human form, and landed lightly in front of Emiya.
"Master, please give me your orders."
Emiya rubbed the dragon maid's head and said, "Hephaestus said that after she studies the S2 mechanism, she will upgrade your level and let you have an AT force field. Are you happy?"
The dragon maid bowed to Hephaestus and said, "Thank you, goddess."
Hephaestus waved her hand and used her divine power to analyze the S2 mechanism without even looking up. This thing was more sophisticated than she had imagined. If she had not recently acquired some good scientific knowledge, she might not have been able to understand the operating principle of the S2 mechanism.
But now, it doesn't bother her.
But it would take more than a short time to thoroughly study the S2 mechanism. Fortunately, she had enough time, and Emiya also had enough patience.
Neither side cares about this little bit of time.
Half an hour later...
A tattered car came speeding from a distance. When it was still more than ten meters away from Emiya, it braked and floated directly in front of Emiya.
Then with a bang, the front bumper hit the ground directly.
The car door opened, and a woman in a red jacket got out and stood in front of Emiya. "Nice to meet you, sir. I'm Misato Katsuragi."
Emiya nodded and said, "I know you. You are the Chief of Operations of the First Section of the Tactical Operations Bureau of NERV Headquarters."
Misato Katsuragi's eyes flashed with surprise, "So you know me, sir. What's your name, sir?"
"My name is Emiya, this is my maid Thor, and the woman who is researching the S2 mechanism is Hephaestus."
Emiya? Thor? Hephaestus? This combination is too weird.
Misato Katsuragi pointed in a certain direction and said, "Could it be that Emiya-san is from that country?"
Emiya nodded, "In a sense, it is true. I am from Okiku."
"I see, I see." Katsuragi Misato said, "So Emiya-san is here to serve as a disciple?"
"I can say that I am very interested in the apostles and the S2 mechanism." Emiya said with a smile.
Misato Katsuragi narrowed her eyes, her gaze flickered several times, and asked, "Has Emiya-san gotten what he wanted?"
“I guess so.”
"So what are you going to do next, Emiya-san?"
"Of course, I will continue to hunt the Apostles." Emiya said, "After all, I am very interested in the structure and technology of the Apostles."
Katsuragi Misato said, "In fact, the purpose of establishing NERV is to fight against the apostles, so I feel that we can cooperate with each other."
However, Emiya seemed to have heard a huge smile, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but crack into a sarcastic smile, "Ms. Katsuragi Misato, do you really think that the purpose of NERV's establishment was to fight against the apostles?"
Katsuragi Misato was stunned for a moment, "Isn't it?"
Emiya raised a finger and shook it from side to side. "No, no, no, I can tell you for sure that NERV was not established to fight against the Angels. Most people in this organization have their own goals, especially Ikari Gendou. This person is not a good person at all. As a human being, I despise such a guy."
Katsuragi Misato was more and more surprised, and she laughed dryly and said, "Excuse me, do you know Commander Ikari Gendō?"
"I don't know him."
"Then what you just said..."
Emiya smiled and interrupted Katsuragi Misato, "If you knew what Ikari Gendō had done, you would despise this guy just like I do. This guy has absolutely no bottom line as a human being."
Misato Katsuragi was speechless for a moment, because she had no idea whether what Emiya said was true or false. After all, what Emiya said was too unbelievable.
Emiya continued, "Also, I feel that you NERV and I have no common language, and there is no basis for cooperation. My goal is to be an apostle. As long as you don't interfere with me, everything will be fine. If you want to interfere with me, don't blame me for being rude."
Misato Katsuragi was speechless after being scolded by Emiya, and finally left angrily.
After returning to NERV headquarters, Katsuragi Misato repeated the conversation between the two in front of everyone, but inexplicably concealed Emiya's slander against Ikari Gendō. At the end, she said with an unhappy face: "What's wrong with that guy? He is too arrogant. He actually looked down on others."
Akagi Ritsuko could clearly tell from Misato Katsuragi's words that the mysterious man disdained NERV, but she could only smile bitterly, "That guy can appear or disappear out of thin air, obviously he has the power to control space, and he can destroy the apostles. His strength is incredible, and he is indeed qualified to despise humans, and..."
Misato Katsuragi couldn't help but ask, "And what?"
Ritsuko Akagi nodded to her subordinate Maya Ibuki, who put the footage he had just taken on the big screen.
Misato Katsuragi looked up and saw Emiya on the screen waving in a certain direction.
Ten seconds later, a giant dragon appeared on the surveillance screen.
This dragon, which was larger than an apostle, flew into the surveillance screen, and its body released a ball of blazing light. Then it turned into a woman with long horns on her head and wearing a maid outfit, and landed lightly in front of Emiya.
Misato Katsuragi was so surprised that she was speechless.
Akagi Ritsuko's voice rang in her ears, "This is the footage captured by the surveillance camera after you left NERV just now. Are you surprised?"
Misato Katsuragi felt that her three perspectives had been strongly challenged. "Giant dragon, there are actually giant dragons in this world?"
Akagi Ritsuko said: "Don't you think it's ridiculous?"
Misato Katsuragi nodded. She indeed thought it was ridiculous. Dragons and the like should be monsters in legends. Why would they appear in this world?
"What is going on?" she couldn't help but ask.
Akagi Ritsuko said calmly: "I don't know, but before the apostles appeared, few people thought that apostles would exist in this world. It seems that this world is far more mysterious than we imagined."
At this moment, Misato Katsuragi suddenly thought of something, "Hephaestus."
"What?" Akagi Ritsuko asked, not hearing clearly for a moment.
Misato Katsuragi pointed at the red-haired woman on the screen and said slowly, "When that guy introduced her, he said the woman's name was Hephaestus."
"Hephaestus?" Ritsuko Akagi obviously thought of something.
"That's right." Misato Katsuragi nodded.
Akagi Ritsuko put her hands in her white pockets and said, "Hephaestus, the pronunciation sounds like the god of forging in Greek mythology."
Misato Katsuragi said, "I think so too."
Hephaestus... um, Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki also murmured the name, and his eyes couldn't help but look at Ikari Gendo, "You think so about this name."
Ikari Gendō had a gloomy look in his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking. He didn't say a word.
Akagi Ritsuko said slowly: "What we should discuss now is how to deal with this person. Should we list him as an enemy directly, communicate with him, or just leave him alone."
Misato Katsuragi said straightforwardly, "I think the other party doesn't even bother to communicate with us, because that guy looks down on us, but if we list him as an enemy, it would be too dangerous, so we'd better just leave him alone."
She had her own wishful thinking, "Anyway, that guy's target is the apostles, and our target is also the apostles. If that guy can get rid of the apostles, it won't take us a long time to take action. Besides, Ikari Shinji has just arrived here, so he really needs some time to train."
"So I think we should let that guy be our first line of defense. When the apostle appears, he will be the one to deal with it. If he makes a mistake, we can take action to fill the gap."
Misato Katsuragi's words undoubtedly aroused the approval of the vast majority of people. After all, in the NERV organization, most people did not know about the Human Instrumentality Project, let alone Ikari Gendō's plan.
They thought they were fighting against the apostles to protect humanity.
Therefore, he has some favorable impression towards Emiya, who is capable of fighting against the apostles, and is not willing to have a conflict with him from the bottom of his heart.
We are all working hard for humanity. Even if we can't be friends, we don't want to be enemies.
But unfortunately, they don't have the right to decide.
So they could only look at Ikari Gendō, hoping that he would come up with an idea.
Misato Katsuragi also looked at Gendo Ikari, but Emiya's words just now kept appearing in her mind. This guy is not a good person and has no bottom line as a human being.
So she really wanted to know, what would Ikari Gendō do at this time?
In fact, Gendou Ikari was also thinking about how he should deal with Emiya. What was this man like? Where did he come from? How much did he know about NERV?
He couldn't determine Emiya's origins and purpose, so he couldn't immediately analyze the situation and decide whether he should do his best to eliminate this man of unknown origin or just leave him alone.
After a long silence, Ikari Gendō slowly spoke: "This man's origins are unknown. He was able to kill an apostle with his bare hands. It is hard to imagine that he is a human. Perhaps he is a special apostle."
Misato Katsuragi opened her mouth, wanting to refute, but she didn't know how to refute.
After all, no matter how you look at it, Emiya doesn't look like a normal human being.
